Photo and history of the building, by 1950 the home of the United Chemical Company, "having originally been the famous Pacific Hotel of Civil War days, among whose guests were numbered Gran, Lincoln and...

Biographical sketch of J. M. Baptiste, the founder of the United Chemical Company in Kansas City, and his wife, Dr. Mary I. Steele Baptiste, the succeeding president of the company, with photo and history...

Article describes how tax credits helped Dale Schulte redevelop the Pacific House Hotel as apartments for low-income renters. When Schulte purchased the property in the late 1990s, it had been empty for...

A short synopsis of the life of John Hall, one of Kansas City's earliest residents, and Hinton H. Noland, a prominent citizen in Independence as well as Kansas City. Hall came to Kansas City in 1857 and...

Biographical sketch of Frank Nowland Daniels, president of Dascomb-Daniels Lumber Company at 5201 East 9th Street, growing up in Lathrop, Missouri, and working at the Pacific House hotel in Kansas City...

A Kansas City Times article dated Nov. 12, 1979, stated that the Elizabeth Benton DAR chapter, located in Kansas City, Mo., was the first Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution formed west...